Welcome to Birch Therapy’s online portal. If you are a potential client seeking treatment for you and/or your family, please click on Operations Director, Ginger Espino, and schedule a FREE 15 minute phone consultation. This helps our team best meet your needs and get assigned to the best fit therapist. Please note we are an out of network practice. If you are an existing client of one of our 20 clinicians, see direct scheduling below to book on their respective portal. Thank you for reaching out, and we look forward to supporting you during this season!

“Therapy may only take up one hour of your week—but my goal is to equip you with the tools to heal in the other 167 hours.”

Akejah McLaughlin is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate and play therapist from Fayetteville, NC. She provides individual therapy for children, teens, and adults, supporting clients through anxiety, emotional regulation, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. She is also a Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) instructor, passionate about strengthening the bonds between children and their caregivers.

Her work is rooted in the belief that healing isn’t about temporary quick fixes—it’s about getting to the root of the pain, fostering resilience, and promoting lasting growth. Akejah earned her Master of Arts in Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where she also received certification in Play Therapy. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Methodist University with a minor in clinical/counseling.

Play Therapy (3+); Adult & Teen Therapy; Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT); Parenting Support

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Located at: 1210 SE Maynard Rd, Suite 101, Cary
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